Name: Transmetropolitan
Rating: 4.386029411764706 (136 reviews)
ISBN: 9781563894459

Warren Ellis

Darick Robertson

Follows the adventures of journalist Spider Jerusalem.

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Gavin

Despite being loaded to the eyeballs with gimmicks, ideas, devices, and body mods, Ellis somehow avoids the unhealthy philosophy and milieu of cyberpunk, in which technology (Black Mirror) or economics (anything by Gibson) or humanity itself (anything by Dick or Peter Watts) are depicted as inherently vicious, inherently doomed, inherently anything. No matter how changed, how corrupted the world is, it is still alive, full of possibility. This is a keystone of science fiction, and so cyberpunk - science fiction without possibility - has always been missing a chunk of its own foundations.


  
This city never allowed itself to decay or degrade. It's wildly, intensely growing. It's a loud bright stinking mess. It takes strength from its thousands of cultures, and the thousands more that grow anew each day. It isn't perfect. It lies and cheats. It's no utopia and it ain't the mountain by a long shot -- but it's alive. I can't argue that.



Great writing, great full colour art, not an excessive amount of Hunter Thompson aggrandisement and misanthropy.

From the acclaimed writer of The Authority, Warren Ellis, the return of the smash-hit series that managed to shock, move and thought-provoke in one foul swoop! Meet Spider Jerusalem, the smart-mouthed, heavily-armed, perpetually smoking gonzo reporter of the future (reminiscent of the counter-revolutionary writer Hunter S. Thompson) as he reacquaints himself with his city's fringe elements, and goes head-tohead with The Smiler and The Beast, two very different gentlemen who just happen to be the candidates for the US Presidential Election...

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b.andherbooks

Profane, dirty, raunchy, a ton of fun, but also super subversive. I was dubious at first but after Spider Jerusalem got his assistant to trade banter with, I was sold. I especially liked the TV watching issue (Air Jesus shoes!) and when Spider decides to take on the millions of (new) religions that infest his world. Classic Jesus flippin' out in the temple mode.

Teddy Calavera

Mimu

Outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem has become a household name in the future City he calls home. This latest collection of twisted tales showcases Spider's horrific yet funny screeds on subjects as diverse as religion, politics, and his ex-wife's cryogenically frozen head (which has been stolen).

Lust for Life

Reporter Spider Jerusalem interviews two presidential candidates against the background of a society that is falling into chaos.

Transmetropolitan: The new scum

Patrik Järnefelt

Chronicles the battles of Spider Jerusalem, infamous renegade journalist of the future. Spider dedicates himself to fighting the corruption and abuse of power of two successive United States presidents; he and his assistants strive to keep their world from becoming worse than it already is while dealing with the struggles of fame and power, brought about due to the popularity of Spider via his articles.

Transmetropolitan: Dirge

Disgusted at the commercialization of his life and his work, journalist Spider Jerusalem decides to go after a real story, and get revenge on those responsible for killing Dr. Vita Severn in the process.

Transmetropolitan: Gouge away

Sherry

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Kyle Curry

From an award-winning author, this final book features excerpts from the "Word" columns of crazed outlaw journalist Spider Jerusalem. Suggested for mature readers. Full color.

Tales of Human Waste

Klaus Eck

Washed-up journalist Spider Jerusalem returns to The City, a place of noise, filth, and energy, where technology has drastically altered human life.

Transmetropolitan: The cure

Dennis Jacob Rosenfeld

Jovan Lekovic

Transmetropolitan: Back on the street

"Original covers by Tim Bradstreet, Matt Wagner."

Spider's Thrash

The City can be a lonely place - especially for famed journalist Spider Jerusalem, despised and loved in equal measure (and with equal ferocity) by The City's wealthy elite and its downtrodden rabble. But in a town where anything can bought, stolen, or manufactured, the truth is still in short supply, and Jerusalem is the one man determined to keep it on the market - no matter what the price.

Transmetropolitan: Lonely city

"Spider Jerusalem begins to crumble under the pressure of sudden and unwanted fame. Having had enough of the warped 21st century Babylon that he lives in, Spider escapes into a world of bitterness and pills. As he stumbles through this haze of depression and drugs, he must find a way to cover the biggest story of the year, the presidential election. Armed with only his demented mind and dark sense of humor, Spider embarks on an adventure of political cynicism, horrific sex, and unwelcome celebrity which culminates in a shocking and ruinous ending."--Amazon.com.

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